The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology

Edited by Patrick Honeybone and Joseph Salmons

Description

This book presents a comprehensive and critical overview of historical phonology as it stands today. Scholars from around the world consider and advance research in every aspect of the field. In doing so they demonstrate the continuing vitality of one of the oldest sub-disciplines of linguistics.

The book is divided into six parts. The first considers key current research questions, the early history of the field, and the structuralist context for work on sound change. The second examines evidence and methods, including phonological reconstruction, typology, and computational and quantitative approaches. Part III looks at types of phonological change, including stress, tone, and morphophonological change. Part IV explores a series of controversial aspects within the field, including the effects of first language acquisition, the mechanisms of lexical diffusion, and the role of individuals in innovation. Part V considers the main theoretical perspectives including those of evolutionary phonology and generative historical phonology. The final part examines sociolinguistic and exogenous factors in phonological change, including the study of change in real time, the role of second language acquisition, and loanword adaptation. The authors, who represent leading proponents of every theoretical perspective, consider phonological change over a wide range of the world's language families. The handbook is, in sum, a valuable resource for phonologists and historical linguists and a stimulating guide for their students.

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology

Edited by Patrick Honeybone and Joseph Salmons

Author Information

Edited by Patrick Honeybone, Senior Lecturer, Linguistics and English Language, University of Edinburgh, and Joseph Salmons, Lester W.J. "Smoky" Seifert Professor of Germanic Linguistic, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Patrick Honeybone is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh where his main interests are historical phonology, phonological theory, and northern English dialects. He has published articles in English Language and Linguistics, Lingua, Language Sciences, and a range of other journals. He is the main organizer of the annual Manchester Phonology Meeting.

Joseph Salmons is the Lester W.J. "Smoky" Seifert Professor of Germanic Linguistics. He is the author of A History of German, OUP 2012, and serves as executive editor of Diachronica: International Journal of Historical Linguistics.

Contributors:

Patrick Honeybone, University of Edinburgh Joseph Salmons, University of Wisconsin — Madison Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero, University of Manchester Juliette Blevins, City University of New York David Bowie, University of Alaska Anchorage Joan Bybee, University of New Mexico András Cser, Pázmány Péter Catholic University Alexandra D'Arcy, University of Victoria Patricia J. Donegan, University of Hawai'i B. Elan Dresher, University of Toronto Fred R. Eckman, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee David Fertig, University at Buffalo Paul Foulkes, University of York Anthony Fox, University of Leeds Matthew J. Gordon, University of Missouri-Columbia Mark Hale, Concordia University D. Eric Holt, University of South Carolina Gregory Iverson, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Mark J. Jones, City University Brett Kessler, Washington University, St. Louis Paul Kiparsky, Stanford University Madelyn Kissock, Concordia University Martin Kümmel, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Aditi Lahiri, University of Oxford Roger Lass, University of Cape Town Warren Maguire, University of Edinburgh Robert Mailhammer, University of Western Sydney Donka Minkova, University of California, Los Angeles Robert Murray, University of Calgary Geoffrey S. Nathan, Wayne State University Betty S. Phillips, Indiana State University Thomas C. Purnell, University of Wisconsin, Madison Eric Raimy, University of Wisconsin, Madison Martha Ratliff, Wayne State University Charles Reiss, Concordia University David Restle, University of Munich Tobias Scheer, Laboratoire BL, University of Nice David Schreier, Universität Zürich Laura Catharine Smith, Brigham Young University Christian Uffmann, University of Susses J. Marshall Unger, The Ohio State University Adam Ussishkin, University of Arizona Theo Vennemann, University of Munich Marilyn Vihman, University of York Andrew Wedel, University of Arizona Malcah Yaeger-Dror, University of Arizona Alan C. L. Yu, University of Chicago